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International Truck fuel efficiency package for Class 8 ProStar; 11% better than 2010 baseline

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The ProStar ES was developed to have the lowest wind averaged drag coefficient in the industry.

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Axion Power Receives PA Grant to Develop Storage System for Smart Grid Technology

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The 500 kW PowerCube will be built and installed at Axion’ New Castle battery manufacturing facility and will be designed to enhance a Smart Grid electrical distribution system, including a future solar-powered electric vehicle charging station and a potential wind-powered energy system.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Eaton Corporation, DC Wide Bandgap Static Circuit Breaker – $3,760,000. Eaton will develop a silicon carbide-based direct-current circuit breaker design that boosts efficiency and can scale up or down medium voltage application requirements. Eaton Corporation, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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Eaton Corporation. Eaton Corporation is developing a power control system to. Eaton’s innovative approach reduces the size of the. sources like solar and wind for small commercial and. Bosch's advanced battery. management system will leverage breakthroughs in real-time. modeling of the battery’s internal environment.

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Lawrence Livermore Lab researchers significantly boost truck fuel efficiency through improved aerodynamics

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The team has performed wind tunnel tests at the Air Force National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex ( NFAC ) at the NASA Ames Research Center and on-the-road testing using full-scale road conditions. Salari and LLNL’s Jason Ortega, as part of Navistar’s SuperTruck I team, have helped improve the aerodynamic design of the SuperTruck.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. 3M Company; BioCycle, LLC; Braskem America; BST Nano Carbon; Chomarat North America; Cincinnati Incorporated; Concordia Fibers; Eaton Corporation; EWI; Fiber-Tech Industries, Inc.;

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Assessment Robot for Resilient Optimized Wind Energy ARROW(e), $1,000,000. Hydrogen Based Power Grid Support Using ElectrolyzeRs with Value Stacking (HYPER-V), $250,000. IP Group, Inc.